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Bell County Council of Defense 

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APPOINTED BY AND IN CONNECTION WITH 

Texas State Council of Defense 


MEMBERS: 

GEO W. TYLER. CHAIRMAN. BELTON 

CHAS. W. TAYLOR. VICE-CHAIRMAN. ROGERS 

J. C. MITCHELL. SECRETARY. TEMPLE 

MRS. SAM S. WALKER. ASS T. SEC Y. BELTON 

HUGH C. SMITH. TREASURER. KILLEEN 

STUART SHAW. TEMPLE 

JOHN H UNDERWOOD. HOLLAND 



LIBERTY 


COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN: 

WOMAN S WORK — MRS. SAM S. WALKER BELTON 
LABOR — STUART SHAW. TEMPLE 
PUBLICITY— CHAS. W. TAYLOR. ROGERS 
FOOD SUPPLY — JOHN H. UNDERWOOD. HOLLAND 
MILITARY AFFAIRS — J. C. MITCHELL. TEMPLE 
FINANCE — HUGH C. SMITH. KILLEEN 
PROTECTION— GEO. W. TYLER. BELTON 







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To the gallant boys who served our government so 
faithfully on land and sea, to their fond mothers, sis- 
ters, wives and children who patriotically gave them 
up in the great struggle for democracy, and to Ihe 
glorious memory of those young heroes who, in train- 
ing camps, on the seas, on the battle fields of' Europe 
and elsewhere, made the supreme sacrifice for loved 
ones, for home, for freedom and for country, this brief 
account of our unpretentious efforts to sustain you 
and the government, in winning the world war, is sin- 
cerely and affectionately dedicated. 

GEO. W. TYLER, Chairman, 

CHAS. W. TAYLOR, Vice-Chairman, 

J. CURTIS MITCHELL, Secretary, 

MRS. SAM S. WALKER, Assistant Secretary. 
HUGH C. SMITH, Treasurer, 

STUART SHAW, 

JOHN H. UNDERWOOD, 

BELL COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. 




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THE DEFENSE COUNCIL SYSTEM 

ITS ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT AND PURPOSES 


THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. 

Ihe rapidity with which the government of the United 
States mobilized a great Army and Navy, trained them for 
action and transported them across the seas, with ample sup- 
plies of guns, ammunition, equipment, food, clothing and all the 
other impedimental a world war in Europe, over three thous- 
and miles away, has been the wonder of our own people, has 
inspired the admiration of the Allies and has brought the 
haughty, bluffing, brutal German nation to its knees and to 
the depths of humiliating disgrace and cowardly dispair. But 
out Country did all this and we had hardly got fairly started. 
It could and would have done many times more than it did had 
not the cruel and cowardly Huns thrown down their guns and 
thrown up their hands, on the very eve of the complete annihi- 
lation of their army and the laying waste of their country. 

The diabolical crimes of the Lusitania and of the Sussex, 
the attempted Mexican invasion, the submarine outrages and 
the other deliberate affronts to our dignity and menacing 
threats to our existence as a Nation, all these had sufficiently 
aroused the President and Congress to the necessity of thor- 
ough preparation? for the contingency of our at last beirig 
forced to enter the war against Germany. So, that by the Act 
of August 29th, 1916, seven months prior to the declaration of 
war, Congress created the 

COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, 

composed of the Secretaries of War, Navy, Interior, Agricul- 
ture, Commerce and Labor, aided by a Civilian Committee of 
seven members, a Director and his Assistants, Secretary, Chief 
Clerk and Statistician. 

The work was administered by seven general committees, 
comprising the several subjects of Transportation and Commu- 
nication, Munitions and Manufacturers, Supplies, Engineering 
and Education, Labor, Medicine, Surgery and Sanitation. Un- 
der these general committees the detail work was further dis- 
tributed among many other subdivisions, such as the War In- 
dustries Board with four sub-Committees, Economy Board, 
Shipping, Woman’s Defense Work, Inland Water Transporta- 
tion, Co-operation with States, Coal Production, Universities 
and Colleges, Secondary and Normal Schools, Highways, Trans- 
port, Mediation and Conciliation, Wages and Hours, Women in 
Industry, Welfare Work, with nine Sectional and six Divisional 
Committees, Press, Publicity, Cost of Living and Domestic 
Economy, etc. There were numerous other divisions, sub- 
sections and committees on special subjects, covering every 
phase of preparation and prosecution of war. 

The functions of the Council of National Defense, in a 
general way, were to make investigations, reports and recom- 
mendations to the President, Cabinet and heads of Executive 
Departments as to expeditious concentration of troops and sup- 
plies, co-ordination of military, industrial and commercial pur- 
poses of highways and railways, utilization of waterways, mo- 
bilization of military and naval resources of defense, increase 
of production for support of the armies, the navies and the 
people, development of sea-going transportation, means of pro- 
duction and availability of military supplies, information to 
producers, manufacturers and others as to supplies needed by 
the government, and the creation of means for immediate con- 
centration and utilization of the resources of the nation, and, 
finally, to perform all other duties required from rime to time. 

These sub-divisions of the work led into every ramification 
of our military, naval, industrial, civil, commercial, financial, 
educational, sanitary and social affairs, and from the wide- 


spread but thoroughly expert and technical investigations and 
reports made to the government, the President, Cabinet and 
Executive departments were quickly furnished with complete 
surveys, estimates and detailed information upon every possible 
subject relating to war preparation, mobilization, etc. 

These duties called from private life thousands of men 
and women, patriotic and devoted, specialists and experts in 
their respective lines of work, and most all of whom served the 
government during the war at “a dollar a year.” 

All this work was inaugurated and well under way before 
the United States declared war on Germany. 

Do these facts help to explain how quickly and how thor- 
oughly our country mobilized her forces and got into the game ? 

STATE COUNCILS OF DEFENSE. 

The National Council, in April, 1917, asked the several 
states to provide, by legislation, for Councils of Defense in 
each State, to co-operate with the National Council. 

THE TEXAS STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. 

This body, consisting of thirty-nine leading citizens of our 
State, appointed by the Governor, was provided for by the Act 
of the Legislature of May 14, 1917, and organized at once by 
the election of the following officers: Hon. *0. E. Dunlap, 
Waxahachie, chairman; Hon. R. J. Kleberg, Kingsville, vice- 
chairman; Judge J. F. Carl, San Antonio, secretary; Col. Royal 
A. Ferris, Dallas, treasurer. 

Commtttees on Legal Affairs, Sanitation and Medicine, 
Finance, Labor, State Protection, Co-ordination of Societies, 
Publicity, Military Affairs, Food Supply and Conservation, and 
Transportation, were appointed and the work went forward at 
once and similar action was had in all or nearly all of the other 
States.' Acting largely under the head of the National Coun- 
cil of Defense, the State Councils brought the war interests of 
the several States into harmony with the National efforts and • 
asperations. 

COUNTY COUNCILS OF DEFENSE. 

Upon recommendation of the Council of National Defense 
and under legislativve authority each State Council proceeded 
at once to the creation of Councils of Defense in every County 
throughout the United States, to assist the State and National 
Councils in their war work. 

PURPOSES OF COUNTY COUNCILS. 

These were briefly stated in official documents, as follows: 

To promote the patriotic spirit of the people and seek to 
educate them as to the magnitude of the task ahead. 

To aid in recruiting for the National Guard. 

To aid in recruiting for the regular army. 

To aid in getting the idle workmen and boys below mili- 
tary age to help on the farms. 

To aid in every possible way the successful flotation of the 
Liberty Loans. 

To aid the County committees that are engaged in the 
promotion of farming. 

To urge the production, to the utmost, of staple, non-per- 
ishable food crops. 

To conduct campaigns to reduce waste in the home. 

To aid in the formation of Home Guards. 

To perform on behalf of the Federal Government such of 
its war work in the State as does not require the creation of a 


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separate administrative organization extending into the small 
communities. 

To perform on behalf of the representatives of those Fed- 
eral Departments and Administrations having organizations ex- 
tending throughout the States, such of their war work as they 
feel can be performed by the State Council organization. 

To perform on behalf of the State Council of Defense its 
war work in the County. 

To perform such independent activities as will enable the 
County to contribute most fully to the welfare of the nation 
and of its own citizens in the prosecution of the war. 

To centralize and co-ordinate the war work of the County. 

BELL COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. 

On July 6, 1917, the Texas State Council of Defense, on 
the nomination of Hon. Mallory B. Blair, County Judge of Bell 
County, elected the following named persons to constitute the 
Bell County Council of Defense, to serve during the war, viz: 

J. Curtis Mitchell, Temple; Mrs. Sam S. Walker, Belton; 
Stuart Shaw, Temple; Hugh C. Smith, Killeen; Chas. W. Tay- 
lor, Rogers; Geo. W. Tyler, Belton; John H. Underwood, Hol- 
land. 

They were officially notified of this action under date of 
July 17, and held their first meeting in the County court room 
at Belton on July 23, 1917, when organization was affected by 
the choice of officers and committees, as follows: 

Geo. W. Tyler, chairman, Belton; Chas. W. Taylor, vice- 
chairman, Rogers; J. C. Mitchell, secretary, Temple; Mrs. Sam 
S. Walker, assistant secretary, Belton; Hugh C. Smith, treas- 
urer, Killeen. 

STANDING COMMITTEES. 

WOMAN’S WORK — Mrs. Sam S. Walker, chairman; Shaw 
and Smith. 

LABOR — Stuart Shaw, chairman; Taylor and Underwood. 

PUBLICITY' — Chas. W. Taylor, chairman; Mitchell and 
Mrs. Walker. 

FOOD SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION— John H. Under- 
wood, chairman, Mrs. Walker and Shaw. 

FINANCE — Hugh C. Smith, chairman; Underwood and 
Mitchell. 

MILITARY AFFAIRS— J. Curtis Mitchell, chairman; 
Smith and Taylor. 

PROTECTION — Geo. W. Tyler, chairman, and all mem- 
bers of the Council. 

LOCAL LEADERS APPOINTED. 

For the purposes of getting in closer touch with the peo- 
ple in war work (and before the Community Councils were 
suggested) the County Council adopted tentatively a plan for 
the appointement of a lady and gentleman in every election 
precinct in the County as local leaders and the following per- 
sons were in due time so named, viz: 

LOCAL LEADERS FOR BELL COUNTY. 

Gentlemen and Ladies. 

Belton, Ward 1 — Coleman Eads, Miss Annie Belle Burford. 

Belton, Ward 2 — R. B. James, Mrs. A. D. Potts. 

Belton, Ward 3 — Clarence Metcalf, Mrs. Henry Austin. 

Belton, East Country Box — Arch McDaniel, Mrs. Will 
Witter. 

Belton, West Country Box — Lee Smith, Mrs. Webster Hunt. 

TENNESSEE VALLEY — Hood Garner, Miss Bettie Thomp- 
son. 

MIDWAY — Ed. Graves, Mrs. Ed Yates. 

SALADO — John Hunter, Mrs. Seymore Rose. 

PRAIRIE DELL — Will Killingsworth, Mrs. J. R. Knight, 
Sr. 

KOLLS — Wm. Mimms, Mrs. B. F. Fisher. 


SUMMERS MILL — Walter Dickenson, Mrs. J. M. Philips. 

WILKERSON VALLEY — Newt Bigham, Mrs. Bessie Bo- 
gart. 

SPARKS— A. J. McKay Sr., Mrs. A. J. McKay Sr. 

VILAS — Roy Thornhill, Mrs. Roy Thornhill. 

SCIENCE HILL— W. A. Moore, Mrs. W. A. Moore. 

BARTLETT— A. F. Schofield, Mrs. A. F. Schofield. 

HOLLAND— W. W. Barton, Mrs. W. W. Barton. 

ROGERS, EAST BOX— M. W. Moses, Mrs. M. H .Moses. 

ROGERS, EAST BOX— M. W. Moses, Mrs. M. H. Moses. 

CYCLONE — Frank Marek, Mrs. Frank Schiller. 

LITTLE RIVER — Dr. A. H. Alsup, Miss Lela Crow. 

BURGESS— Dr. J. F. Allsup, Miss Lela Crow. 

BURGESS — Vernie Marshall, Mrs. J. B. Marshall. 

HEIDENHEIMER — James Edds, Mrs. T. H. Heard. 

STRINGTOWN — B. M. McElroy, Miss Eura Weems. 

JOE LEE — Geoi'ge Y'oung, Mrs. L. J. McLean. 

TEMPLE, WARD ONE— W. J. Bassett, Mrs. A. W. Lingo. 

TEMPLE, WARD TWO — Geo. Houghton, Mrs. J. W. Bon- 
ner. 

TEMPLE, WARD THREE— R. E. Newman, Mrs. W. G. 
Davis. 

TEMPLE, BENTLEY HILL— Will Sealy, Miss M. J. Putts. 

TEMPLE, FREEMAN HEIGHTS— H. K. Black, Mrs. Dr. 
Lee Knight. 

TEMPLE, BOX 51 — H. S. Newland, Mrs. L. W. Muehler. 

TEMPLE, WEST COUNTRY BOX— Sam Cater, Mrs. W. 
B. Farmer. 

TEMPLE, EAST COUNTRY BOX— Lee Irish, Mrs. Win- 
bourn Pearce. 

TROY— J. K. Hughes, Mrs. Chas. Myer. 

BELL FALLS — R. M. Ernbree, Mrs. S. A. Montgomery. 

BOTTOMS— Joe E. Hill, Mrs. Walter Davis. 

OCKER — Rev. Joe Dobez, Mrs. P. W. Rein. 

OENAVILLE — W. T. Booth, Mrs. Nim Simmons. 

HOWARD— Tom Elliott, Mrs. E. J. Alford. 

PENDLETON — Ghent (Dina) Mellon, Mrs. Loyd Carl. 

MOFFAT— G. E. Wilson, Mrs. E. E. Grimes. 

BLAND — J. E. Trimmier, Mrs. Lizzie Willerson. 

STAMPEDE — C. B. Humphrey, Mrs. Joe Burdctt. 

RATIBAR — Lee Kenney, Miss Bettie Medford. 

KILLEEN, EAST BOX— W. S. Young, Mrs. F. M. Duncan. 

KILLEEN, WEST BOX— H. N. Law, Mrs. Geo. C. Atkin- 
son. 

NOLANVILLE^-Harry Mize, Mrs. Tom Medlin. 

BROOKHAVEN — C. H. Robinson, Mrs. Frank Bigham. 

SPARTA — J. B. Davis, Mrs. Byron Denman. 

YOUNGSPORT— T. L. Ray, Miss Ella Vick. 

MAXDALE — L. W. Harper, Miss Etta McBryde. 

OKAY — J. A Chapman, Mrs. E. A. Cole. 

MEETINGS OF COUNTY COUNCIL. 

The County Council of Defense held meetings as follows: 

Belton, July 23, 1917; Belton, September 3, 1917; Temple, 
September 7, 1917; Belton, January 24, 1918; Temple, June 7, 
1918; Belton, July 12, 1918; Temple, August 9, 1918; Belton, 
September 13, 1918; Temple, September 27, 1918; Belton, No- 
vember 8, 1918; Belton, June 20, 1919. 

It would occupy too much space to recount in detail the 
subjects discussed and business transacted at the several meet- 
ings of the County Council. Principally, the work laid out by 
the National Council, transmitted in Official Bulletins to the 
State Council and by the latter to the County Councils, 
throughout the State, formed the basis of the public activities 
of the County Councils, who, in turn, brought these matters to 
the attention of the people by means of circulars and appeals 
appearing in the county newspapers, from time to time, and, 
by mail, to the Local Leadei’s and Community Councils, 

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work an abstract of the subjects of these circulars is here pre- 
sented. We have not space to copy all of them in full. 

ABSTRACT OF SUBJECT MATTER OF CIRCULARS 
ISSUED. 

1917. 

SEPT. 6 — Wheat planting in 1918, War Gardens, Gasoline 
Conservation, Cattle wanted in Illinois. 

SEPT. 8 — Health and Sanitation Clubs, Winter Wood and 
Coal, Soldiers Families, Seed Wheat, Corn, Etc. All “Called 
to the Colors.” 

SEPT. 3 — Patriotism. 

1918. 

JANUARY 21 — Soldiers and Sailors Insurance, British Ca- 
nadians in U. S. Subject to Military Duty to Home Govern' 
meat. 

JANUARY 23 — Call for Volunteer Ship Laborers and Reg- 
istration of same. 

JANUARY 26 — Store Closing at 9 o’clock p. m., Spring 
Gardening, Poultry Raising, Discouraging the Selling of Liber- 
ty Bonds at a Discount, Warning Against Unauthorized Solici- 
tation of War Funds, Requesting Loan to the U. S. Navy of 
Binoculars, Spy Glasses, etc. 

JUNE 1 — Requesting Contribution to Government of Pho- 
tos and Pictures of Defenses, Bridges, Forts, etc. in the War 
Zone of France, and Belgium and in Germany, Discovery and 
Report of Property owned by Alien Enemies, Economy in 
Food and Feed Production and Consumption, Discouraging 
Duplications of Organizations for the Same or Similar War 
Work, Announcing the Plan of Community Councils, Denounc- 
ing Disloyalty and Neutrality, Appeal to all the People to 
Stand by the Soldiers and Sailors at the Front. 

JUNE — Calling upon the people of each Community to ob- 
serve in a befitting manner the Fourth of July, the anniver- 
sary of the freedom for which we were again fighting. 

JULY — Requesting Reports of Supplies of Walnut Timber 
for Gun Stocks, etc. 

SEPT. 3 — In Aid of the War Savings Campaign. 

SEPT. 21 — “Sing-Gangs” in the Community Councils. 

SEPT. 22 — In aid of the Fourth Liberty Loan and placing 
the Community Councils, by name and number, at the service 
of the several sectional managers of the Campaign over the 
County. 

NOVEMBER 22 — In aid of the Woman’s Campaign for 
Weighing and Measuring Children. 

SEPT. 27 — Requesting the Preservation and Delivery to 
the Government of Peach Stones and other materials used in 
making Gas Masks for the Soldiers. 

OCT.-NOV. — In aid of the United War Work Campaign. 

OCT. 25 — In aid of the Third Food Card Distribution of 
the Food Administration. (This distribution became uneces- 
sary by the signing of the Armistice Nov. 11, 1918.) 

We feel justified in the reproduction of two of our circu- 
lars, in full, as they seemed to strike a responsive chord omong 
our co-workers in the great cause — the one on Patriotism, the 
other on Sing-Gangs, and let them now speak for themselves. 

LOYALTY! PATRIOTISM! 

BELL COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. 

Circular No. 3. 

To the Patriotic People of Bell County: 

We have been specially requested by the Texas State 
Council of Defense “to guard carefully the matter of disloyalty 
to our country at this time” and, when satisfied that such dis- 
loyalty exists in any form, to forward the information to the 
State Council, who will take the same up with the proper fed- 
eral authorities. This would be an exceedingly unpleasant du- 
ty, but one which we shall not hesitate to perform it the oc- 


casion and the facts justify. 

Before our government declared war, the German govern- 
ment, without provocaton, was making war upon us. It pub- 
licly talked peace and friendship, but was secretly plotting 
against us with other nations, and finally, unmasking its deep 
laid scheme of world domination, sank our ships and murdered 
our citizens upon the high seas. It had planned to strike 
France, then England and then America, one at a time. Should 
France and England be crushed, should England lose her con- 
trol of the seas, the German fleet will come to our shores, its 
guns will be mounted upon our soil, and unless we are able to 
resist the mailed hand of German militarism, our land will be 
despoiled, our people subjugated and our “government of the 
people, by the people and for the people” will perish forever 
from the face of the earth. 

If we do not fight in Eui-ope we will surely have to fight 
in America. We have delayed too long — we should have join- 
ed England and France at the beginning of the war, for it has 
been virtually our war all the time! Unfortunately, many of 
our people could not then (some do not now) understand this. 

We are stating facts, known- to every intelligent citizen. 
The hour for discussion has passed. We indulge no argument. 
Our government spoke the word which commandered, at once, 
the loyalty, the service and the sacrifice of all. Every citizen 
of the United States is now a loyal supporter of the govern- 
ment or a traitor and a public enemy. One who now opposes, 
by speech or action, the army draft, or any measure adopted 
by the government for the purposes of this war, is inviting 
dire disaster to American arms, the criminal slaughter of our 
soldier boys, the overthrow and destruction of our government 
itself, and is no better than a German spy. 

We sympathize deeply with the fond mothers of our sold- 
ier boys who are departing for the front. But, amid their 
tears, let them say, as did the Spartan mothers of old to their 
sons who went forth to battle for their country: “Return with 
your shields or upon them,” and like the blessed mothers of 
France, in this great conflict, let them weep also because they 
have not more noble sons to give in the defense of their coun- 
try’s liberty. Glorious for you that you have raised up men 
mentally, morally and physically fit to be chosen by our govern- 
ment, from the thousands of their fellows, for the honor of 
bearing the hallowed flag of our country in the face of its ene- 
mies and to strike a timely blow for family, for home and for 
their native land. 

And our soldier boys are to be congratulated upon their 
great opportunity — the greatest that ever came to any soldier 
—of doing a brave, a gallant and an honorable part in the 
greatest achievement ever accomplished by the arms and the 
courage of a free people. 

And it will be a glorious day for America when the sacred 
principles of civil liberty, immortalized by Jefferson in 1776 
and established upon this continent by the arms of Washing- 
ton and his patriot soldiers, shall be heralded back from the 
battlefields of Europe as the recognized creed of all nations 
under the sun! 

Fellow countrymen! Americans! Freemen! Close up the 
ranks. Join hands and hearts and lay all upon the altar of 
our beloved land. And to the cause of our country’s liberty 
let us, as did our forefathers of the revolution, “mutually 
pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred 
honor.” Respectfully, 

GEO. W. TYLER, 

CHAS. W. TAYLOR, 

J. C. MITCHELL, 

MRS. SAM S. WALKER, 

HUGH C. SMITH, 

STUART SHAW, 

J. H. UNDERWOOD, 

BELL COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. 


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SING GANG CIRCULAR 


HO! FOR THE SING GANG!! 

A NEW NAME, BUT JUST THE SAME! 

They have quartets, glee clubs, chorus clubs, etc., in other 
places, but the Community Councils of Bell County will be the 
FIRST to have the 

SING GANGS!! 

Do you like the name ? It is full of “pep” and rings demo- 
cratic. All of us can join the “gang” and make a noise that 
will scare the Huns! 

Get all the singers in your community together — men and 
women, boys and girls — form them into a 

SING GANG 

choose a leader or director, and an alternate, meet at private 
homes, learn the favorite songs, practice singing them to- 
gether, arrange music programs for the monthly meetings of 
the Community Councils, and “make the welkin ring” with the 
old songs of patriotism and sentiment. 

Neighboring Sing Gangs might exchange visits or put on 
joint programs, when the Council meetings do not conflict. 

SING GANG CONVENTIONS 
at central points and an 

ANNUAL SING GANG ENCAMPMENT 
for Bell County would be fine! 

“The One Hundred and One Best Songs’..’ is a fine collec- 
tion of all the favorite songs, and can be had (in a few days) 
through W. S. Hunter & Co., Belton, at 10 cents per copy, $1.06 
per dozen, prepaid, cash with order. Each Sing Gang can 
choose its own songs and Song Books, but the idea it to get 
QUICK ACTION on the proposition. The LATEST WAR 
SONGS are, of course, copyrighted, and are sold only in sheet 
music. Procure these through music dealers anywhere. 

Don’t delay. Have the committee on “Program” or “En- 
tertainment” call the singers together and organize this pleas- 
ing feature AT ONCE. 

“OVER THE TOP” 

WITH THE 

SING GANG!! 

What do you say ? 

Respectfully, 

GEO. W. TYLER, Chairman, 
BELL COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. 

NOTE 1. — Please send me the name and address of the 
leader, and the number of members, of each Sing Gang as soon 
as formed as I may have something of interest for them from 
time to time. 

NOTE 2. — The County Council favors music in Community 
Councils but is not responsible for the issuing of this circular. 
The Chairman assumes that alone. 


COMMITTEES ON SPECIAL CAMPAIGNS. 

At the request of the Texas State Council of Defense, 
special committees for the whole county, were appointed as 
follows: 

On Magazines for Soldiers on the Border, Feb. 25, 1918. 

Belton, Mrs. Slade Yarrell; Temple, Mrs. W. Goodrich 
Jones; Rogers, Mrs. J. H. Wear; Holland, Mrs. I. A. Stone; 
Bartlett, Mrs. Wallace Walton; Killeen, Mrs. Sam Rancier; No- 
lanville, Mrs. E. Layne; Troy, Miss Catherine McGrail; Pendle- 


ton, Mrs. W. W. Littlefield; Heidenheimer, Mrs. A. J. Wilder; 
Little River, Mrs. Lee Baird; Oenaville, Mrs. Wm. J. Lee; Mof- 
fatt, Mrs. W. W. Mayes; Salado, Mrs. Nal Shanklin; Summers 
Mill, Mrs. J. M. Phillips; Bland, Mrs. John Trimmier; Sparta, 
Mrs. John Pittman; Youngsport, Mrs. Troy L. Ray; Maxdale, 
Mrs. Thos. J. Hoover; Sparks, Mrs. A. J. McKay; Vilas, Mrs. 
W. H. Dollahite; Science Hill, Mrs. G. T. Leatherman; Cy- 
clone, Mi's. William Maresh; Prairie Dell, Miss Annie Hodges; 
Burgess, Mrs. Vernie C. Marshall; Ocker, Mrs. R. E. Raabe; 
Kolls, Mrs. John Turland. 

ON WAR GARDENS, FEB. 28, 1918. 

BELTON — J. Henry Head, Central Chairman; Ward 1 — 
Rev. Lawrence Williams, chairman, Mrs. Leslie Mitchell, Mrs. 
C. L. Proctor. Ward 2 — T. S. Davis, chairman, Mrs. Anna 
Duggan, Mrs. Ghent Carpenter. Ward 3 — A. T. Van Ness, 
chairman, Mrs. T. N. Duckworth, Mrs. Tom Hughes. 

TEMPLE — R. D. Morgan, Central Chairman; Mrs. C. D. 
Seybold, North Side; Mrs. G. P. Hunton, Bentley Hill; Mrs. 
Lee Knight, Freeman Heights; Mrs. D. K. Doyle, South Side 
West of 5th Street; Mrs. J. J. Booker, South Side East of 5th 
Street. 

KILLEEN — James E. Root, Chairman; Mrs. Oscar Hall- 
mark, Mrs. Levi Anderson. 

TROY — Dr. I. D. Ellis, Chairman; Mrs. C. W. Meyer, Mrs. 
John Thompson. 

ROGERS — B. T. Gardner, Chairman; Mrs. Purcell Baugh, 
Mrs. Ira Wilson. 

HOLLAND — Claude McGregor, Chairman; Mrs. N. C. Har- 
mon, Mrs. S. H. Barton, Jr. 

BARTLETT — T. B. Benson, Chairman; Mrs. J. K. Knight, 
Mrs. A. F. Taylor. 

PENDLETON — W. W. Lynch, Chairman; Mrs. Clyde Nor- 
wood, Mrs. B. J. Carpenter. 

SALADO — Van Jarnigan, Chairman; Mrs. Seymour Rose, 
Mrs. M. A. Halsey. 

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. 

With a view to co-operation and co-ordination of the ef- 
forts of all the local war organizations, the County Council 
(with approval of the State and National Councils) invited the 
heads of all other bodies in Bell County to become Associate 
Members, with full rights in every respect, except that a ma- 
jority of the seven original members would suffice for a quo- 
rum at meetings of the County Council. The personnel of 
these Associate Members was as follows: 

Geo. P. Hunton, Temple, County Food Administrator. 

Chas. M. Campbell, Temple, Chaiman Red Cross. 

M. B. Blair, Belton, Chairman Liberty Loan Campaign. 

M. R .Martin, Belton, County Demonstration Agent. 

P. L. Stone, Belton, County Superintendent. 

Mrs. L. C. Strange, Temple, Home Service, Red Cross. 

Miss Zera Girdner, Temple, Home Demonstration Agent. 

Dr. John S. McCelvey, Temple, Chairman Public Health 
Committee. 

Dr. Taylor Hudson, Belton, Vice-Chairman Public Health 
Committee. 

P. L. Downs, Jr., Temple, Chairman War Savings Cam- 
paign. 

Tom S. Wright, Temple, Chairman Labor Enrollment 

Board. 

Neal Bassel, Belton, Chairman Labor Enrollment Board 
and Secretary Local Board No. 1. 

Mrs. J. J. Booker, Temple Chairman Campaign Committee 
Liberty Loan, Bell County Y. M. C. A. 

W. S. Lernley, Temple, Chairman Local Board No. 2. 

M. M. White, Belton, Chairman Legal Advisory Board. 

Dr. M. P. McElhannon, Belton, County Health Officer. 

Dr. E. D. Maloy, Temple, President Bell County Medical 
Society. 


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Dr. J. M. Frazier, Belton, Rep. Volunteer Medical Service 
Corps. 

Chas. B. Wade, Belton, County Fuel Administrator. 

J. R. Spencer, Temple, County Manager United War Work 
Campaign. 

John W. Thompson, Temple, County Manager U. S. Em- 
ployment Service. 

W. S. Rowland, Temple, Dist. Manager United War Work 
Campaign. 

WAR INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE. 

To pass upon the advisability of all new buildings and of 
repairs and extensions to cost over $2500.00, the Chairman and 
Secretary of the County Council and Mr. E. F. Lanham, 
Temple, appointed by County Council, were designated by the 
State Council for these duties. 

CAMPAIGNS. 

The first Liberty Loan and Red Cross Campaigns came be- 
fore the appointment of the County Council. Thereafter, it 
officially and individually and through the Local Leaders and 
Community Councils, rendered all the service possible by as- 
sistance and co-operation with the respective managers of the 
several campaigns, to wit: 

Second Liberty Loan, Oct. 27-Nov., 1917. 

Third Liberty Loan, March, 1918. 

Fourth Liberty Loan, Sept. 28, 1918. 

Victory Loan, April 10, 1919. 

Food Card Distribution. 

War Savings. 

United War Work, Nov. 11, 18, 1918. 

Second and Third Red Cross. 

The County Council actively and successively conducted 
Campaigns on War Gadens, Weighing and Measuring Children, 
Ship Building Enrollment, Public Service Reserve, Magazines 
for Soldiers, besides the agitation of various kinds of War 
Work and Conservation covered by their circulars above men- 
tioned. 

WOMANS COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. Sam S. Walker, representing the Women War Work- 
ers in the County Council, was also commissioned Chairman of 
the Woman’s Committee of Bell County by the Woman. ,’s Di- 
vision of the National Council. She did an immense amount of 
work in the organization and distribution of the war tasks 
among the women, and she presided over a splendid represen- 
tation of these ladies assembled at Belton for organization on 
her call on the 25th day of June, 1918, and at another well at- 
tended general meeting in Belton on September 12, 1918. The 
general county organization of the Woman’s Committee was as 
follows: 

Chairman, Mrs. Sam S. Walker, Belton; 1st Vice-Chair- 
man, Mrs. I. A. Stone, Holland; 2nd Vice-Chairman, Mrs. J. J. 
Booker, Temple; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. R. C. Fisher, Bel- 
ton. 

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. 

Food Administration, Mrs. Charlton Hall, Temple; Home 
Economics, Mrs. Charles W. Myer, Ti-oy; Child Welfare, Mrs. 
M. M. White, Belton; Liberty Loan, Mrs. J. J. Booker, Tem- 
ple; Thrift Stamps; Mrs. J. M. Woodson, Temple; Education, 
Mrs. J. C. Hardy, Belton; Social Agencies, Mrs. John Bigham, 
Rogers; Women in Industry, Mrs. J. R. Poindexter, Temple; 
Registration, Mrs. A. D. Potts, Belton; Home and Allied Re- 
lief, Mrs. B. A. Hodges, Temple; Health and Recreation, Mrs. 
Harry T. Cochran, Belton; Organization, Mrs. R. L. McKnight, 
Temple; Membership, Mrs. Jas. B. Hubbard, Belton; Publicity, 
Mrs. H. A. Leak, Temple; Co-Ordination, Mrs. W. B. McGarity, 
Belton; Finance, Mrs. Sam H. Barton, Holland. 


In the campaign for the Nurses Reserve Corps, Mrs. B. A. 
Hodges, Chairman, over 150 applications were received, of 
whom seven nurses were accepted in different hospitals of the 
country as Student Nurse Reserves. 

And the Child Welfare Committee, Mrs. M. M. White, 
Chairman, accomplished the weighing, measuring and testing 
of the children in nearly every school in the county, from 
which much good will doubtless result. 

MILITARY. 

The Chairman of this County Council and several of 
its members served with others on the Boards of Instruction 
of the two Local Boards, their function being to prepare the 
boys, called into service from time to time by the Locaal 
Boards, for the responsibilities ahead of them, by instruction 
in the cause of the war, patriotism, simple drilling, equipment, 
allotments, allowances and insurance, care of their health, how 
to go to training camps, etc. This work began in the early 
Summer of 1918, and was continued till the signing of the ar- 
mistice. 

In advance of the Second Registration, September 12, 1918, 
and at the request of Local Board No. 1, the County Council 
called together at Belton, on September 10, 1918, the Chair- 
men of all Community Councils under the jurisdiction of said 
Local Board No. 1, to receive instructions as to rendering as- 
sistance to the registration officers and much valuable service 
was given by them in the work of that registration. 

Our members and our Legal Advisory Board, wherever 
called upon by the drafted men, instructed and advised them 
in regard to the proper arrangement of their business during 
absence in the service, and as to their allotments, allowances, 
insurance, etc. 

GERMAN LANGUAGE ANI) LOYALTY. 

The County Council gave special attention to the matter 
of loyalty of all of our people to the government, investigated 
and reported suspicious cases and co-operated with the State 
and Federal officers in their work of discovering all people 
who were pro-German or anti-American. 

Realizing that the conduct of public meetings and commu- 
nication in the enemy language could be used as a means of 
spying and dangerous propaganda, the County Council adopted 
strong resolutions against the use of the German language 
“upon all occasions by all peoples, in public meetings, schools, 
churches, lodges, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, in corres- 
pondence, telephone, telegraph and in every other relation of 
life, public and private, except in those rare instances of a 
private nature where one or both parties be unable to speak 
the English language.” This was in line with the resolutions 
adopted by the State and National Councils. And in several 
instances schools, churches, etc. conducted in German, were 
closed by the County Council. 

LEGAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SOLDIERS AND 
THEIR FAMILIES APPOINTED JULY 13, 1918. 

M. M. White, Belton, Chairman; Jno. B. Daniel, Temple, 
Vice-Chairman; Lewis H. Jones, Belton; Sam D. Snodgrass, 
Temple; Jno. B. Durrett, Belton; W. W. Hair, Temple; I. W. 
Culp, Killeen; J. W. Thomas, Rogers; Jno. A. Jones, Bartlett. 

ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION APPOINTED 
JULY 16, 1918. 

At Large: 

Dr. John S. McCelvy, Temple, Chairman; Dr. Taylor Hud- 
son, Belton, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. J. Hugh Wear, Rogers; Hon. 
W. R. Butler, Temple; Dr. W. M. W. Splawn, Belton; Dr. O. F. 
Gober, Temple; Mrs. Sam H. Barton, Jr., Holland; Dr. A. H. 
Alsup, Little River. 


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Representative: 

Dr. I. D. Ellis, Troy, County Medical Association; Miss 
Bess Mason, Temple, County Home Demonstration; Marvin R. 
Martin, Belton, County Farm Demonstration; Dr. A. B. Crain, 
Belton, County Health Officer; Stuart Shaw, Temple, County 
Council of Defense; Prof. P. L. Stone, Belton, County School 
Superintendent; Mrs. J. W. Norman, Killeen, Home Service 
Section Red Cross. 

SPEAKER’S BUREAU. 

At the solicitation of the County Council of Defense a 
number of ladies and gentlemen consented to lend their talent 
in promoting the interest of and zest in the meetings of the 
Community Councils with programs of speaking, music, etc. 
They have and deserve the sincere gratitude of the County 
and Community Councils. The list is as follows: 

Speakers: 

Mrs. W. S. Banks, Temple; Dr. A. H. Barnwell, Oenaville; 
Hon. W. J. Bassett, Temple; Judge M. B. Blair, Belton; T. R. 
Buckallew, Oenaville; Miss Annabel Burford, Belton; Hon. W. 
R. Butler, Temple; Prof. A. B. Cargill, Oenaville; Rev. A. E. 
Carraway, Killeen; Hon. W. T .Carter, Killeen; Prof. Frank 
Chudej, Temple; Mrs. C. C. Clark, Oenaville; Clem C. Coun- 
tess, Belton; Hon. I. W. Culp, Killeen; R. 0. Culp, Temple; Col. 
H. L. Dailey, Temple; Hon. John B. Daniel, Temple; Dr. J. M. 
Frazier, Belton; Col. C. L. Gibson, Rogers; Mrs. Mary L. Gil- 
leland, Belton, R 2; Mrs. J. S. Goeppinger, Belton; Hon. W. W. 
Hair, Temple; Thos. C. Hall, Temple; Dr. J. C. Hardy, Belton; 
Rev. B. A. Hodges, Temple; Mrs. B. A. Hodges, Temple; Judge 
J. A. Humphries, Temple; Hon. Lewis H. Jones, Belton; F. L. 
Leigh, Oenaville; Rev. T. J. Lockhart, Rogers; W. 0. Logan, 
Belton; Rev. Chas. A. Loveless, Temple; Perry B. Madison, Bel- 
ton; Marvin R. Martin, Belton; Andrew McBeath, Temple; Mrs. 
R. L. McKnight, Temple; Taylor Ming, Belton, Route 3; Rev. 
G. G. Mitchell, Oenaville; Mi-s. J. C. Mitchell, Temple; Rev. 0. 
O. Moore, Rogers; Dr. J. M. Murphy, Temple; Mrs. J. R. Poin- 
dexter, Temple; Mrs. G .A. Proctor, Salado, Route 3; Col. 0. P. 
Pyle, Belton; W. S. Rowland, Temple; Dr. A. C. Scott, Temple; 
Mrs. Bennett Smith, Temple; Judge Sam D. Snodgrass, Tem- 
ple; Judge F. M. Spann, Temple; Prof. P. L. Stone, Belton; J. 
W. Thomas, Rogers; Rev. E. G. Townsend, Belton; Rev. Robert 
T. Wallace, Belton R 2; G. A. Weathersbee, Rogers; Judge M. 
M. White, Belton; Rev. Lawrence Williams, Belton; Dr. R. T. 
Wilson, Temple; C. D. Wolfe, Temple. 

Musicians and Others. 

Mrs. Bess Sparks Bogart, vocal, Salado, route 3; Miss Vin- 


nie Boyd, piano and violin, Belton; Miss Anna H. Culpepper, 
vocal, Temple; Miss Laura Hiatt, vocal, Belton; Miss Leland 
Means, vocal and violin, Belton; Miss Louise Yarbrough, piano, 
Belton; Miss Alice Elliott, recitations, Belton; Mrs. Seymour 
Rose, readings, Salado; Mrs. J. C. Hardy, distributor of litera- 
ture, Belton; Mrs. Theo. G. Harkey, speaker with illustrations, 
etc., Salado. 

ROUTINE DUTIES. 

Many and varied were the duties and responsibilities that 
were placed upon the officers and members of the County Coun- 
cil as the war progressed. Among these may be mentioned: 

Voluminous correspondence with the National, State and 
Community Councils of Defense and other County Councils, 
heads of Departments of the National and State Governments, 
the military and civil authorities, and the various other war- 
work organizations througout the country; investigation and re- 
port to the Federal and State authorities of slackers, traitors, 
pro-Germans and other disloyal suspects; investigations and 
reports upon all persons applying for service overseas in the 
Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., etc. Questionaires as to all these per- 
sons come from the Headquarters to the officers of the Coun- 
ty Council, with searching inquiries as to the capabilities, in- 
tegrity, character and especially as to the loyalty of all such 
applicants, their families and close friends. No one of known 
pro-German sympathies or associations was permitted to go 
abroad in such service. 

Correspondence in behalf of the families of Soldiers and 
Sailors, regarding allotments, allowances, insurance, etc., and 
as to their whereabouts and discharge after the armistice. 

Letters of recommendation for men applying for enlist- 
ment in the Army, Navy, and in the various branches of Civil 
Service for war, etc. 

DISTRICT COUNCIL. v 

Under a call of the Texas State Council of Defense a Dis- 
trict Council, composed of members of the County Councils of 
Bell, Milam, Coryell, Hamilton, Mills and San Saba counties 
was held at Temple on August 30, 1918. Representatives of 
the State Council, Col. Olynthus Ellis, Field Marshall, and Mrs. 
Reece Wilson, Field Secretary of the Woman’s Committee of 
the National Council, and other prominent war workers at- 
tended. Geo. W. Tyler was chosen chairman, and Stuart Shaw, 
secretary. The meeting was devoted to a general discussion 
of the best methods of organization, work, etc., and was quite 
beneficial. Similar meetings were held over the State 


COMMUNITY COUNCILS OF DEFENSE. 


Early in 1918 the Council of National Defense promulgated 
the plan of Community Councils of Defense in every School 
District in the United States, in order to bring home the reali- 
zation of the war to the masses of the people throughout the 
country and to each individual and thus to more thoroughly 
arouse their patriotism and active support in all lines of war 
work. Literature explaining their purposes, plan of organiza- 
tion and working methods were sent out and the idea was ap- 
proved by the various State Councils. The purposes of these 
Community Councils were announced, in a general way to be. 

PURPOSES OF COMMUNITY COUNCILS. 

To organize the entire community for war service and to 
enlist and maintain the enthusiasm and support of every in- 
dividual back of the war; 

To utilize and co-operate with all existing war agencies in 


the community and to centralize and correlate the war work 
of all of them. 

To aid and co-operate with all Committees and Campaigns 
for the sale of Liberty Bonds, War Savings, Thrift Stamps, 
Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., and other legitimate activities for fi- 
nancing this world war for Liberty and Democracy; 

To aid the United States Food Campaign to secure the 
conservation of food for our people, our armies, our navies and 
our allies; 

To demand that everybody be patriotic and loyal to our 
government, to discover, report to the proper officers and 
stamp out disloyalty, espionage, and all cases of pro-Germans 
and enemy spies, and to make disloyalty in action or speech, so 
ODIOUS that they would render those guilty of them objects 
of public SCORN and INDIGNATION; 

To protect and guard life, liberty and property against se- 


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cret enemies, and especially to guard farms, graneries, ware- 
houses, factories, mills and other institutions necessary for the 
support of the people, the armies, the navies and our allies and 
to sustain and support all officers of the government and all 
legally constituted committees and agencies for carrying on the 
purposes of the war. 

ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNITY COUNCILS. 

The duty of organizing them was placed upon the County 
Councils. Peculiar conditions prevailing in Bell County, due to 
drouth, financial depression and other things, discouraged the 
inauguration of this work for a time. Our people did not 
seem to be quite ready for it. One such organization was 
formed in Belton on May 24th, 1918, as the result of a little 
local excitement, but otherwise, we had to await the departure 
of the soldier boys in large numbers to the training camps and 
overseas and for the German peril to pall upon us the full 
realization that it was OUR WAR. To a peace loving, agri- 
cultural people, a war across the ocean, 3,000 miles away, in 
Europe, was not easy to visualize — it was a dream. We had, as 
it were, to hear the guns and to see the crimson flow of Ameri- 
can blood and to feel the grip of the genuine war spirit, before 
we could as a people move en masse. This came like a sweep- 
ing, hurling torrent with the daring charge of the American 
boys at Chateau-Thierry and the second victory of the Marne! 
We all knew then that we were at war and our people, with 
one accord, were ready and anxious to give their hearts, their 
treasure, their all upon the altar made red by the blood of our 
own heroe boys. 

As the task of visiting in person and organizing Commu- 
nity Councils in the more than one hundred school districts and 
sub-divisions in Bell County was beyond the physical possibility 
of the members of the County Council, a happy solution was 
found in DRAFTING for this work the trustees of the school 
districts. And never was there a prompter or more willing or 
patriotic response to a call to duty than that displayed by the 
school trustees of Bell County. We here say to one and all 
of them, in capital letters, WE THANK YOU! 

On August 5th, 1918, the trustees of thirty districts as- 
sembled in Belton in County Convention for school business. 
By courtesy, members of the County Council appeared before 
them, explained the Community Council system and supplied 
them with printed matter for organization purposes. This in- 
cluded blank printed posters, giving notice of the organization 
meeting in each district, circulars of general information as to 
its purposes, brief instructions in the parliamentary form of 
organizing and a standard code of By-Laws for each. 

Immediately following this, a general notice was sent out 
by the County Council, summoning the trustees of all the 


other districts to meet the County Council at convenient central 
points for like instructions. The trustees of thirteen districts 
were called to Belton August 13th, of eight districts to Hol- 
land August 14th, of nine districts to Rogers August 15th, of 
fifteen districts to Killeen August 16th, and of twenty-two dis- 
tricts to Temple August 17th. The attendance at these meet- 
ings was practically 100 per cent. The trustees of three dis- 
tricts not attending personally cpe to the Chairman shortly 
afterward, x-easonably accounted for their absence and, receiv- 
ing their instructions, papers, etc., proceeded promptly in their 
duty. One district whose trustees were of Teutonic nationality, 
hung back for awhile but was forced to come in and thereafter 
seemed to be in full sympathy. Taken altogether, this prompt 
attendance of the trustees of over 111 districts and sub-divis- 
ions, and the rapid organization of their Councils was an un- 
precedented accomplishment and an experienced newspaper edi- 
tor and public men of our County remarked that “he had never 
seen anything like it.” And Hon. Elliott Dunlap Smith, Chief 
of the Field Division of the Council of National Defense, at 
Washington, D. C., was pleased on October 25, 1918, to con- 
gratulate the Bell County Council upon the organization of 111 
Community Councils and to say that it was the best record he 
had received from any county in the United States. But it is 
easy to understand — -our people in their homes, their firesides, 
their farms, their stores, their offices, their shops, everywhere, 
were at last AT WAR!! And with such a spirit calling to the 
boys at the front and to the people at home, our nation is al- 
ways INVINCIBLE. The Belton and Temple districts subdivid- 
ed their territory — the former into three, the latter into six 
Councils, besides a negro Council in each and another in the 
County. 

We have space to say only this: Our Community Councils 
were just thoroughly organized and getting seasoned and drill- 
ed for their great work, and in the two campaigns after they 
were formed — the Fourth Liberty Loan and the United War 
Work — they showed their metal and presaged what could be 
expected of them in vigorous and efficient action — and then 
the armistice came. Don’t forget, too, that they were making 
it hot for slackers, traitors and pro-Germans. 


ROSTER. 

We take pleasure in presenting a full Roster of the Offi 
cers and Committees of these Communty Councils, with some 
other particulars, in recognition of their patriotic work and 
co-operation and in order that our returning soldier boys may 
know something of how the people at home were standing be- 
hind them in the great world tragedy. 




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ENUMER3\TION of membership. 

The Community Councils were requested to enroll all per- 
sons 18 years old and over, male and female, in their respective 
School Districts, and to transmit the rolls to the County Coun- 
cil and also to report (on “yaller” paper) the name of every 
one who refused to enroll in the war work. A few, but only a 


few, names came in on the “yaller” sheets. 

98 Councils reported a total membership of 12,478 

13 Councils estimated a total membership of «. 2,240 

Total membership - 14,718 


The rolls of the 98 Councils reporting, as above, are care- 
fully preserved in a fire-proof vault of the Court House at Bel- 
ton under the custody and control of the County Council. 

In the organization of the Community Councils each Coun- 
cil elected a woman Vice-Chairman who thereupon became ex- 
officio a member of Mrs. Walker’s County Woman’s Comiittee, 
as chairman and leader of Woman’s War Work in her home 
Council. This organization was attaining a high degree . of 
perfection, when the armistice came. The names of this com- 
mittee will be found under column of First Vice-Chairmen on 
the Roster of the Community Councils appearing elsewhere 
herein. 

COMMITTEE ON FOOD AND FEED PRODUCTION. 

Each Community Council appointed a standing committee 
on the Production of Food and Feed and these committees were 
all placed under the direction and leadership of Mr. Marvin R. 
Martin, the brilliant and faithful Demonstration Agent of Bell 
County, who in addition to his official duties, had co-laborated 
beneficially in the organization of these Community Councils. 
The chairmen of these committees who constituted ex-officio 
Mr. Martin’s County Committee on Agriculture, etc., were as 
follows: 

FOOD AND FEED PRODUCTION COMMITTEE. 

NAME OF COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN. 

Belton, Ward 1 — H. C. Garrison 

Belton, Ward 2 — Chas A. Tyler 

Belton, Ward 3 — El Meyer . 

Temple, Ward 1 — L. F. McKay * 

Temple, Ward 2 — 0. L. Fletcher 
Temple, Ward 3, East — Ed Holland 
Temple, Ward 3, W 
Temple, Bentley Hill — W. S. Sealey 
Temple, Freeman Heights — Mrs. A. D. 

Buford 

Independent Districts. 

Armstrong — B. F. Lisenbee 

Bartlett 

Heidenheimer 

Holland 

Killeen — 0. C. Hallmark 

Oenaville — T. B. Lynn 

Prairie Dell^ — J. I. England 

Rogers — G. L. Marshall 

Salado — H. E. Allaman 

Science Hill — Mrs. G. E. Leatherman 

Troy — Mrs. C. W. Meyer 

Willow Grove — V. G. Money 

No. 

1. Amity — N. M. Proctor 

2. Temple Surburban — A. W. Stockton 

3. Buckhorn — Josh Kennedy 
4-1. Kelso — F. F. Lindemann 
4-2. Kelso — J. K. Knight 

6. Cedar Knob — M. D, Harkin 


THE HOME FIRES BURNING 


13 


FODD AND FEED PRODUCTION COMMITTEE— CONTINUED. 


6. 

Cedar Creek — J. B. Forrest 

50. 

Nolanville — G. A. Kaiser 

81. 

Santa Fe — Frank Doering 

7. 

Cedar Grove — C. B. Humphrey 

53. 

Bland — T. J. Ludwick 

83. 

Tennessee Valley — Lee Milwee 

8. 

Shanklin — S. A. Huey 

54. 

Palo Alto — Robert Morehead 

84. 

Old Troy — J. W. Hartman 

9. 

Cyclone — Mrs. F. B. Schiller 

56. 

Phoenix — Ed Carpenter 

86. 

Three Forks — Claude Jones 

10. 

Center Oak — C. W. Parjott 

57. 

Gindale- — F. W. Madeley 

87. 

Taylor’s Valley — Jas. W. Bruce 

11. 

Cottonwood — S. H. Fowler 

58. 

Meeks — Henry Gerngross 

88. 

Union Hill — N. L. Rainey 

12. 

Komensky — O. V. Vanisek 

59. 

Pecan — A. J. Patterson 

89. 

Vilas — Will Truehardt 

13. 

Trimmier — L. N. Curb 

60. 

Pleasant Valley — W. R. Daniel 

90. 

Union Grove — E. H. Mecom 

14. 

Willingham — Henry Brookes 

61. 

Prairie View — E. G. Berry 

92. 

Lee — J. A. Moore 

15. 

Dyess Grove — Frank Glaser 

62. 

Brookhaven — Lote Curry 

93. 

Sparks — F. M. Greeson 

16. 

Childers — Joe P. Hill 

63. 

Willow Springs — D. Hopkins 

98. 

Youngsport — Troy L. Ray 

17. 

Elm Springs — W. W. Moss 

66. 

Pendleton — R. S. McGregor 

100. 

Thompson — A. J. Sodek 



67. 

Midway — Ben Miller 

101. 

Hackberry — Carroll Sumrall 

18. 

Seaton — Frank Tesiker 

68. 

New Colony — L. L. Chaffin 

102. 

Steelman Valley — W. N. McDonald 

19. 

Casey — B. B. Taylor 

70. 

Reece’s Creek — John Douglass 

103. 

Sparta — J. R. Boren 

20- 

-Howard — Joe L. Nixon 

71. 

Sunshine — C. Karl 

104- 

-Lost Prairie — Joe E. Pechal 

23. 

Iduma — M. L. McBryde 

72. 

Cedar Valley— G T. Curb 

107. 

Mountain View — James Turnbo 

24. 

Haybranch — Walter Murphy 

73. 

Bell Plains — J. E. Chaffin 

108. 

Wiltonville — Harrison Davis 

45. 

Joe Lee — Mrs. M. J. Northan 

76. 

Luther Smith — C. W. McDonald 

109. 

Content — P. W. Rinn 

46. 

White Hall — J. C. Forrester 

77. 

Sulphur Springs— Willie Carston 

110. 

Cowan — C. N. Porter 

47. 

White Hall (col)— T. M. Hamilton 

78. 

Sypert — Joe Stone 

111. 

Belton (col.) — Albert Blackwell 

48. 

Goodville — John Henry 

79. 

Stampede — Mrs. H. M. Goad 

112. 

Temple (col.) — R. E. Wells 

49- 

-North Elm — Mrs. Joe Zubcik 

80. 

McDowell — Webster Hunt 

114. 

Burgess — E. P. Hill 


* 4 

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION. 

Likewise in each Community Council there was a Committee on Public Health and Sanitation, who were to be under the 
leadership of the County Committee on Public Health and Sanitation, headed by Dr. John H. McCelvey and given elsewhere 
herein. The Chairmen of these Committees were as follows: 

PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEES— COMMUNITY COUNCILS. 

NAME OF COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN. 

Belton, Ward 1 — Dr. S. L. Mayo 
Belton, Ward 2 — Van Piercy 
Belton, Ward 3 — Mrs. B. C. Franklin 
Temple, Ward 1 — Dr. J. M. Murphy 
Temple, Ward 2 — Dr. L. R. Talley 
Temple, Ward 3, East — Mrs. Dr. Thomas 
Temple, Ward 3, West — 

Temple, Bentley Hill — Mrs. Tom Spencer 
Temple, Freeman Heights — 

Independent Districts. 

Armstrong — Mrs. C. N. Barnett 
Bartlett — T 

Heidenheimer — I 

Holland || 

Killeen — Mrs. J. W. Gilmer 
Oenaville — Dr. H. A. Barnwell 
Prairie Dell — Mrs. J. A. Kuykendall 
Rogers — Mrs. M. H. Moore 
Salado — Mrs. M. A. Halsey 
Science Hill — Rufus Husky 
Troy — E. E. McNeeley 
Willow Grove — Mrs. D. Y. Moore 
Numbered Districts. 

1. Amity — Mrs. Geo. A. Proctor 

2. Temple Surburban — Dr. J. M. Wood- 
son 

3. Buckhorn — Mrs. T. B. Pack 
4-1. Kelso — F. F. Lindemann 

4-2. Kelso — Haywood Haynes 

5. Cedar Knob — G. W. Baker 

6. Cedar Creek — John Palmer 

7. Cedar Grove— Richard E. Hallmark 


8. Shanklin — Fred Pauls 

9. Cyclone — Mrs. Joe F. Jabusik 

10. Center Oak — J. W. D. Wright 

11. Cottonwood — H. S. Scott 

12. Komensky — J. D. Jez 

13. Trimmier — N. Bailey 

14. Willingham — J. I. Lankford 

15. Dyess Grove— Mrs. Gertie Alston 

16. Childers — J. W. Norman 

17. Elm Springs — Mrs. W. J. Brock 

18. Seaton — Frank Motl 

19. Casey — J. T. Lemly . 

20. Howard — Mrs. Lena Elliott 

23. Iduma — Miss Jossie Story 

24. Haybranch — W. M. Bacon 

25. Hebron — Miss Jessie Giles 

26. Highland — J F. Greenway 

27. Maxdale — J. M. Williams 

28. Webbville — George Swaim 

30. Keys Valley — J. T. Wilson 

31. Knob Creek — Mrs. Lon Jones 

32. Theo — Mrs. R. J. Smith 

33. Live Oak Ridge — Mrs. Fannie Wil- 
liams 

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35. Okay — Janies Givens / 

36. New Hope — Mrs. Eug-ene Fowler 

37. Little Flock — R. T. Compton 

38. Little River — Dr. A. H. Alsup 

39. Little Elm — 

40. Academy — E. E. Welsh 

41. Little Nolan — Miss Silas McFarland 

42. Moffatt — 

45. Joe Lee— M. Northern > 


46. White Hall — Mrs. Grace Daniels 

47. White Hall (col.) — C. M. Mahone 

48. Goodville — Chas. Whitlow 

49. North Elm — Ben Fuchs 

50. Nolanville — Dr. M. D. Griffin 

53. Bland — Mrs. J. M. Vaden 

54. Palo Alto — Mrs. Rena Elms 

56. Phoenix — Geo. A. Wilhite 

57. Gindale — W. H. Madeley 

58. Meeks — Jerry Schiller 

59. Pecan— Miss Georgie Patterson 

60. Pleasant Valley — 

61. Prairie View — Mrs. G. C. Messer 

62. Brookhaven — T. H. Tucker 

63. Willow Springs — Albert Schorn 

66. Pendlton — Dr. J. A. Lynch 

67. Midway — Rev. Diltz 

68. New Colony — Mrs. L. C. Keith 

70. Reece’s Creek — E. M. Spencer 

71. Sunshine — P. E. Frank 

72. Cedar Valley— Jno. A. Walper 

73. Bell Plains — Mrs. E. J. Allaman 

76. Luther Smith— Mrs. J. R. Burdette 

77. Sulphur Springs — Ernest Splittger- 
ber. 

78. Sypert — Mrs. J. W. Huckabec 

79. Stampede — Mrs. S. J. Monroe 

80. McDowell — Mrs. Bessie Hunt 

81. Santa Fe— Dr. B. F. Lee 

83. Tennessee Valley — Mrs. Lee Milwee 

84. Old Troy— Mrs. J. T. Payne 

86. Three Forks — Robt. T. Wallace 

87, Taylop Valey— Chas, Miller 


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THE HOME FIRES BURNING 


PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEES— COMMUNITY COUNCILS 
—CONTINUED. 

88. Union Hill — Mrs. Gladys Hunt 

89. Vilas — Mrs. W. T. Bankston 

90. Union Grove — Egbert Newsom. 

92. Lee — A1 Smith 

93. Sparks — Mrs. Frank Stanfield 
98. Youngsport — Mrs. A. J. Slawson 

100. Thompson — A. J. Sodek 

101. Hackberry — Mrs. J. M. Moore 

102. Steelman Valley — H. B. Jackson 

103. Sparta — Dr. John Pittman 

104. Lost Prairie — Joe Talasek 

107. Mountain View — Jno. C., Cox 

108. Wiltonville — Mrs. Harrison Davis 


111. Belton (col.) — C. H. Graves 

112. Temple (col.) — Dr. S. J. Thompson 

114. Burgess — Mrs. W. A. Neil 

109. Content — Dr. E. C. Stoeltje 

110. Cowan — Mrs. Joe Robinson 

OTHER COMMITTEES. 

The Community Councils, as provided in their By-Laws, 
raised standing committees on practically all of the war ac- 
tivities — to mobliize and lead their forces wherewer the cam- 
paign in that interest called them to action — such as Member- 
ship, Liberty Loan, War Saving and Thrift Stamp, Vigilence, 
Red Cross, Food Conservation, Exemption and Draft, Educa- 
tion and Publicity, Child Welfare, Finance, Y. M. C. A., Sold- 
iers Welfare, etc. 


MISCELLANEOUS-COUNTY AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS. 


Many other matters — Sale and Distribution of Explosives, 
Dipping of Cattle, Americanization of Foreigners, the improve- 
ment of Seed Cotton, Wheat, Corn. Oats, etc., the employment 
of labor, assistance to Soldier’s families, etc., claimed the at- 
tention, more or less, of the County and Community Councils 
and in all of the campaigns of the Government for funds — 
Liberty Loans, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., etc. — the Community 
Councils, under the direction of the County Council, were the 
“shock troops” of the civilian forces behind the trenches. They 
were the forces of democracy, the power of the patriotic mass- 
es, moving in unison and with martial tread against the mail- 
ed and panoplied enemies of civilization and the modern world. 

PUBLIC ADDRESSES. 

Members of the County Council, as did other good citizens, 
made many public addresses to public assemblies of the peo- 
ple and to the departing soldier boys and at Fourth of July 
observances. They joined also in the meetings held, after the 
armistice to rejoice over the successful termination of the war 
and the early return of our gallant soldiers, sailors and ma- 
rines to their homes and to the ways of peace. 

MUSTER ROLLS OF SOLDIERS. ETC. 

It had been from the first the desire and intention of the 
County Council, at the proper time, i. e. when last levy of 
soldiers had gone into the training camps — to obtain from the 
two Local Boards a complete roll of all the Bell County boys 
who had been received into the military and naval service of 


the Government in the European war. In this, however, there 
was a sad disappointment in store. Soon after the armistice — 
even while the Boards were completing their work — an order 
came to them from the Provost Marshall General to give out 
no lists or information whatever, to close their work as soon as 
possible, seal up their records and ship them to Washington. 
This was done and explains in a nutshell why the rolls are not 
accessible to us. The Adjutant General of Texas has promis- 
ed, however, that at some day they can be had and until then 
there is nothing to do but wait! 

BELL COUNTY ROLL OF HONOR. 

In complance with the request of the Texas State Council 
of Defense and in response to the promptings of their own 
hearts, the County Council has endeavored for some time to ob- 
tain a list of all the casualties in killed, wounded, died, etc. 
which have befallen the Bell County boys in the Military and 
Naval service of the country during and since the war and 
have twice issued through the press circular appeals for such 
information. In response to these appeals and from other 
sources a list of casualties has been made up by us and for- 
warded to the State Council of Defense, who announced their 
intention to publish a book in which all the casualties reported 
to them will appear, by counties, in a “TEXAS ROLL OF 
HONOR.” Bell County’s list has been furnished also to the 
press of the county, and extensively published. Additions and 
corrections are being constantly made and we welcome same. 
The Roll, at this writing, stands as follows: 


Partial List of Soldiers, Soilors 


Killed in Action, 

Altwein, Geo. A., lost on Tusca- 
nia, torpedoed, Feb. 1918. 

Baker, Arthur W., Rendez-Chassu- 
ers, France, June 11, 1918. (Arthur 
Wood Baker, born in Belton, resi- 
dence Temple, was the first Bell 
county boy killed in battle.) 

Deck, Rogers E., France, 1918. 

Foster, Oi'au Bentley, St. Mihiel, 
Sept. 26, 1918. 


ROLL OF HONOR 


and Marines From Bell County 
Killed in World War. 

Kimbrough, Chas., St. Mihiel, Sept. 

12, 1918. 

Oliver, Augustus C., (Marine), 
Thiarcourt, France, Sept. 15, 1918. 

Pace, Sergt. George, France, Sept. 

1918. 

Parks, Albert Clarence, France, 

Oct. 18, 1918. 

Queen, Lt. Dudley W., torpedoed 
on ocean, died in Ireland, 1917. 

Rivas, Sandalio, France, 1918. 


Who Died, Were Wounded or 


Rollins, Elbrige, Argonne Front, 
Oct. 4, 1918. 

Thompson, Lt. Robt. E., Flying 
over German lines, (St. Mihiel), Sept. 
12, 1918. 

Wade, Clarence A., Argonne Front, 
Sept. 29, 1918. 

Williams, Willie, France, 1918. 

Died of Wounds Received in Action. 

Adams, John Q., Rhine Sector, 
1918. 


15 


Curtis, Corp. M. Franklin, Argonne 
Front, wounded Oct. 9, 1918; died 
Oct. 23, 1918. 

Graham, Roy Barnie, Soissons, 
wounded July 19, 1918; died July — , 
1918. 

Parmer, Claude I., Chateau-Thier- 
ry, wounded Oct. 8, 1918; died Oct. 
10, 1918. 

Perry, Vithia Ira, Chatteau-Thier- 
ry, wounded July 26, 1918; died Aug. 
2, 1918. 

Speer, Thomas King, English Hos- 
pital, Sept. 27, 1918. 

Killed By Accident in Service. 

Heard, Lt. Fleet, Camp Travis, 
Dec. 31, 1917. 

Thomas, Lt. William G., Toule, 
France, Jan. 7, 1919. 

Watson, Shelley, Mineola Field, N. 
Y., June 24, 1919. 

Injured By Accident in Service. 

Anderson, Charles F., Camp Travis, 
Nov. 20, 1918. 

George, Paul, Camp McArthur, 
July 11, 1918. 

Heliums, Andrew Jackson, Tro- 
mentine, France, June 20, 1918. 

Holcomb, Paul H.. Camp McAr- 
thur, July 11, 1918. 

Wounded in Action. 

Alsup, Robert Lee, Argonne Front, 
Oct. 7, 1918. 

Baugh, Corp. Winston S., Argonne 
Front, Oct. 9, 1918. 

Belk, Daniel Eldon, France, 1918. 

Biles, Charles Ewell, St. Mihiel, 
Sept. 15, 1918. 

Chandler, Wilder, Soissons, July 
19, 1918. 

Copeland, Joseph, St. Mihiel, Sept. 
— -, 1918. 

Davis, Sergt. Joseph Robert, Vimy 
Ridge, (With Canadians), April 9, 
1917. (Sergt. Joseph Robert Davis, 
from Bell county, Texas, where his 
widowed mother and his people re- 
side, had joined the Canadian forces 
and was in Franc when our country 
declared war, April 6, 1917. His unit 
was 10 M. G. Co., 4th Division. On 
Monday, April 9, 1917, he carried aloft 
the Stars and Stripes into battle in 
the great charge made by the Ca- 
nadians when they took Vimy Ridge. 
Newspaper dispatches, at the time, 
spoke of the “gallant young Texas 
soldier, who first carried the Ameri- 
can Flag on a European battle field.” 
It is almost conclusively established 
that Sergt. Davis was the man, and 
modestly responding to inquiries, he 
has verified the fact. We claim the 
honor for our Bell County Hero. He 
fell in the charge, his wound con- 


THE HOME FIRES BURNING 
ROLL OF HONOR— CONTINUED. 

sisting of the loss of one foot, on the 
date stated in the above.) 

DeGrummond, Lt. Harry, Argonne 
Front, 1918. 

Dillard, Robt. S., Argonne Front, 
(gassed) Oct. 22, 1918. 

Duke, Innes W. K., Filmes, France, 

Aug. 9, 1918. 

Eakin, Charles, France, 1918. 

Edwards, Benjamin, France, 1918. 

Gunn, Ollie C., St. Mihiel, Sept. 

29, 1918. 

Harris, J. L., Arras Front, (with 
Canadians), Apx-il 1917. 

Haverland, Emil, St. Mihiel, Oct. 

8, 1918. 

Hilliai'd, Robert Roy, France, (shell 
shock), 1918. 

Huggins, 

Hunka, Anton, Argonne Front, 

Nov. 3, 1918. 

Keeble, Chai-les, Argonne Front, 

Oct. — , 1918. 

Kidd, Sergt. Joseph William, Ver- 
dun, (gassed), Nov. 2, 1918. 

Kirkland, Allen Clark, Argonne 
Front, (gassed), Nov. 5, 1918. 

Leatherwood, Wm. L., Argonne 
Front, (gassed) Nov. 4, 1918. 

Lusk, Boyd J., Marne and Ar- 
gonne, July 20, and Oct. 21, 1918. 

McCarter, Sergt. Thos. A., Ar- 
gonne Front, Oct. 14, 1918. 

McVey, Thomas 

Naismith, Thos. C., Argonne 
Front, (gassed), Oct. 3, 1918. 

Oliver, Henry H., Soissons, July 
18, 1918. 

Page, James A., Verdun, April 13 
and Argonne Nov. 8, 1918. 

Perkins, Roy, Champeign Front, 

Oct. 25, 1918. 

Pilgrim, Corp. Sidney E., Soissons, 
(gassed) July 22, 1917. 

Ray, Lt. William Addison, Argonne 
Front, Nov. 1, 1918. 

Robinson, Louis D., St. Mihiel, 

Sept. 16, 1918. 

Shelton, Frazier C., Champeign 
Front, Oct. 25, 1918. 

Smith, Samuel, Argonne Front, 

Nov. 8, 1918. 

Sparks, William Clark, Champeign 
Front, Oct. 8, 1918. 

Sutton, Jesse W., Argonne Front, 
(gassed), Oct. 24, 1918. 

Tobin, John B., Chatau-Thierry, 

July 18, 1918. 

Tomme, James E., Argonne Front, 

Oct. 11, 1918. 

Tucker, Leroy, Argonne Front, 

1918. 

Yountz, Eugene, Soissons, July 18, 

1918. 

COLORED. 

Bx-ooks, Vivaray L., France, (in- 
sane), 1918. 


Miller, John, Champeign, July 12, 
1918. ’ 

Died of Disease. 

Bishop, Edward, U. S. Navy, 1918. 

Crosby, Robert S., Camp Joseph, 
E. Johnston, Dec. 31, 1917. 

Dice, Garrison B., Ft. Sam Hous- 
ton, Jan. 14, 1918. 

Gillespie, Harry, Brest, France, 
Oct. 20, 1918. 

Graham, Eugene Jenkins, Camp 
Jackson, S. C., Influenza, Oct. 8, 1918. 

Griffin, George W., Camp Bowie, 
December 27, 1917. 

Heard, Leon, Ft. Sam Houston, 
Nov. 1, 1918. 

Heliums, Jacob Leslie, Greatlakes, 
Feb. 12, 1918. 

Hennington, Benjamin F., Training 
Camp, Nov. 1917. 

Henson, Duke, Ft. Benjamin Har- 
rison, Oct. 16, 1918. 

Hoover, Jesse W., Glasgow, Scot- 
land, Oct. 13, 1918. 

Hughes, Walter L., Angers, France, 
Feb. 19, 1919. 

Kleen, Walter H., Home on fur- 
lough, Dec. 1917. 

Knight, James Heni’y, Camp Bow- 
ie, (pneumonia), Dec. 1917. 

Lamd, Earl H., Norfolk, Va., Feb. 
5, 1919. 

Lanham, Howard, Camp Travis, 
Oct. 16, 1918. 

Lankford, Edward L., Camp Trav- 
is, Oct. 18, 1918. 

Leslie, Walter, Angers, France, 
Feb. 19, 1919. 

Lewellen, Grady, Ti-aining Camp, 
1918. 

McFarland, William H., Camp 
Jacksn, N. C., Dec. 8, 1918. 

Miller, Earl H., France, (pneu- 
monia), Sept., 1918. 

Moore, 1st Lt. Z. J., Wolrich, Eng- 
land, Oct. 26, 1918. 

Murphy, Grover C., Camp Travis, 
Oct. 1, 1918. 

Ray, Clifford G., Liverpool, Eng- 
land, Sept. 29, 1918. 

Reavis, William W., Camp Bowie, 
Feb. 27, 1918. 

Shanklin, John W., Camp Joseph, 
E. Johnston, (pneumonia), Oct. 16, 
1918. 

Sherrill, Will, Kelly Field, (pneu- 
monia), Oct. 24, 1918. 

Strange, Henry Allen, Camp Bow- 
ie, (meningitis), Dec. 1917. 

Thornton, Benjamin F., Camp 
Travis, Dec., 1917. 

Vaden, A. D., Tuberculosis, Camp, 
N. M., 1918. 

Whittington, John T., Portsmouth, 
N. H., (Navy), . 

Williams, Albert, Camp Bowie, 


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ROLL OF HONOR— CONTINUED. 

Dec. 6, 1917. 

Wimberley, James T., Bozoille, 
France, Jan. 23, 1919. 

Yancey, Andeen, Brest, France, 
1918. 

Younger, Thomas, Camp Travis, 
(pneumonia), 1917. 


COLORED. 

Ellis, Elbert, . 

Riley, Sam, . 

Smith, Charles, France, Nov. 9, 
1918. 

Wren, Jack, Camp Travis, (pneu- 
monia) 1918. 


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE PRESS. 

The newspapers of Bell County opened wide their columns 
— free of charge — for the publication of the numerous circulars, 
announcements, calls, etc., issued by the County Council and 
grateful public acknowledgement is here cheerfully made to 
each of them. They were: 

The Temple Daily Telegram, daily; The Belton Evening 
News, daily; The Belton Journal, weekly; The Belton Times, 
weekly; The Temple Mirror, weekly; The Ferguson Forum, 
weekly; The Rogers News, weekly; The Holland Progress, 
weekly; The Killeen Herald, weekly; The Troy Enterprise, 
weekly; The Bartlett Tribune, weekly. 

WE “DRAFTED" EVERYBODY. 

As our work grew and the necessity for quick, concerted 
action arose, we “drafted" the school trustees, the officers of 
Community Councils and all the people to help to “carry on." 
Our drollery in using the word “draft” was taken by every- 
body (as intended) good humoredly and nearly every one did 
his or her best. We have not forgotten, and, WE THANK 
YOU. No people wei-e ever more loyal or patrotic. 

JUDGE J. F, CARL— AN APPRECIATION. 

The outstanding figure in all of the Council of Defense 
work in Texas is Judge J. F. Carl, of San Antonio, Secretary 
of the Texas State Council of Defense. Most splendidly equip- 
ped with talent for organization of the scattered elements of 
the civilian population of Texas, with his eye steadily and un- 
flinchingtly fixed upon the goal of mobilizing and utilizing for 
war work every man and woman in the State, every material 
or helpful resource and every patriotic impulse, never wearying 
or finding fault with the ignorance and shortcomings of 
others, never austere or overbearing — like Travis at the Ala- 
mo, his battle-cry “Victory or Death” — he proceeded calmly, 
unfalteringly in his great work and had organized through- 
out our State, when the armistice was signed, a civilian or- 
ganization — the Councils of Defense — that could strike with 
one blow every community, every school, every village and 
hamlet, every home and fireside, every pulsing heart in this 
great State. 

To such a magnificent leader the Bell County Council of 
Defense proudly bows in a parting mede of appreciation and 
congratulation. He was the man of the hour. He found his 
place and filled it with honor and glory to our State. 

OUR LETTER HEAD. 

At the first meeting of the Bell County Council of De- 
fense — July 23, 1917 — a style of Letter Head, with envelope to 
match, was adopted. We present a fac simili of same upon the 
front cover of this pamphlet. Note that it carries the three 


colors of “Old Glory,’ the Liberty Bell in red, paper white and 
the printing in blue. And note again that our use of this de- 
sign is exclusive, without a copyright, for no other County in 
Texas can oppropriately use the symbol of the “Bell.” 


NO COMPENSATION OR EXPENSE FUND. 

It must be remembered that the members of the County 
Council and their Committees all served without compensation 
and had not a dollar of expense fund and never called upon 
any one for a penny. They paid for the stationery, printing, 
postage, travelling expenses, etc., out of their own funds. 

STENOGRAPHERS THANKED. 


In the offices of the Chair-man and Secretary of the Coun- 
ty Council their official stenography and typing was done by 
their regular employees without extra charge and they work- 
ed over-hours and got out hundreds of copies of matter going 
out to the Community Councils and others. They were: 

At Chairmans Office — Miss Adelia Estes, Mrs. Mattie Tul- 
loch, Mrs. Miriam Albertson, Mrs. Jewell Sanders. At Secre- 
tary’s Office — Mr. W. L. Moore, Mr. Jake Cook. 

The members of the County Council are grateful to them, 
each and all, and recognize them as invaluable and indespensa- 
ble co-workers in the task which those “behind the lines” tried 
to perform. It was not a mere “bit,” but a splendid sacrifice, 
freely and cheerfully made. 

NO “FINIS” YET! 


The armistice was signed November 11, 1918, the boys are 
coming home from overseas and the final peace treaties are 
being whipped into shape — some of them may be signed ere 
this is read — and it would be in order for our printer to get 
down a slug containing the word “FINIS” and put it right at 
the end of this paragraph— in other words have us tell you 
“good bye” but — Hold, Not Yet! 

RING OUT, YE BELLS! 

RAISE HIGH THE FLAG! 

SOUND THE REVEILLE! 

A GREAT HOME-COMING AND WELCOME 
TO 

OUR SOLDIER AND SAILOR VETERANS 
OF THE 

WORLD WAR, SPANISH WAR AND CIVIL WAR 
IS PROCLAIMED BY THE 
YOUNG MEN’S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
and the Citizens of Belton, in which the whole County and all 
of the sister towns join, to be held at Belton July 4.th, 1919. 
We must all be there. One hour — 4 to 5 p. m. — is set apart 
for the Community Councils of Defense. They will then as- 
the Army and Navy boys, the Spanish war boys, the Confeder- 
ate Veterans, with their fellow Community Council members 



and with themselves. 

And then and there we will be “di-afted” again to under- 
take a great and noble work for the soldier and sailor boy3 
and which we now proceed to explain. 


MONUMENT TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. 


Duty Assigned to the Councils of Defense; Official Action of 
the Commissioners Court. 


On December 11, 1918, the Honorable Commissioner’s 

Court of Bell County, Texas, composed of Hon. Mallory B. 
Blair, County Judge, and Commissioners W. P. Denman, Wil- 
liam D. Sloan, J. A. Humphries and Thomas H. Adams, in 
session, unanimously adopted the following preamble and reso- 
lutions: 


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RESOLUTIONS OF COMMISSIONER’S COURT. 

Whereas all people should honor and perpetuate the memo- 
ries of those who bravely bear arms in their defense, and 

Wheieas uhe records of those who volunteered or were ac- 
cepted into the military, naval or other armed service of our 
government in the world war for democracy may soon become 
unavailable, therefore, Resolved; 

1. That the Commissioner’s Court of Bell County herebv 
designates, sets apart and dedicates a space of ground in the 
court house lawn in Belton, for the erection and maintenance of 
a suitable monument thereon in honor of all our boys from Bell 
County who were accepted into the service of the United 
States or its allies in the great war for liberty of the world 
and to commemorate the sacrifices of those who gave up their 
lives in the great cause. 

2. That if sanctioned by the proper authorities of our 
government, full and complete rolls be made up of all the boys 
from Bell County in the regular army or navy or who volun- 
teered or who were called out and accepted by the government, 
in any department of the war service, as now appearing in 
records of the two Draft Exemption Boards of Bell County, or 
elsewhere, with such additional facts or information as may be 
deemed advisable, together with a 'full and complete roll of all 
the boys in the service aforesaid, who have lost their lives or 
have been wounded or have suffered other casualties in the ser- 
vice of the country, with as full particulars as possible relat- 
ing to them, and that such rolls when completed and indexed 
be well and appropriately bound and deposited in the archives 
of the Commissioner’s Court of Bell County, there to remain, 
under absolute protection for all time. 

3. That this Court here now requests the Bell County 
Council of Defense, composed of Geo. W. Tyler, Chairman; 
Chas. W. Taylor, Vice Chairman; J. C. Mitchell, Secretary; 
Mrs. Sam S. Walker, Assistant Secretary; Hugh C. Smith, Treas- 
urer; Stuart Shaw and John H. Underwood, to take charge of 
the work of raising funds by popular subscriptions and dona- 
tions, through the Community Councils of Defense, or other- 
wise, for building such monument and perpetuating such rec- 
ords, under the general supervision of this Court. 


The Bell County Council of Defense, at its meeting on 
June 20, 1919, being in full sympathy and accord with this ac- 
tion of the Commissioner’s Court, accepted the trust and pro- 
ceeded with their arrangements to faithfully and promptly 
carry out the sacred task thus imposed upon them. Among 
other things it was decided: 


1. That our Treasurer Mr. H. C. Smith, of Killeen, 
should be the custodian of the Monument fund and should 
make a good and solvent bond in the sum of $15,000.00, as 
such custodian, the same to be made payable to the County 
Judge of Bell County and his successors in office, to be ap- 
pioved by the Commissioner’s Court, and to be deposited with 
the County Treasurer for safe keeping. 

2. That all contributions to the Monument fund should 
be forwarded to our Treasurer, Mr. H. C. Smith, and that in 
all cases notice thereof be given to our Secretary Mr. J. Curtis 
Mitchell of Temple, to be used by the Commissioner’s Court 
in auditing the accounts of our Treasurer. 

3. That we undertake to raise the sum of $12,000.00 for 
the Monument and other purposes named. 

4. That in due time a campaign be put on througuut the 
County to raise said sum, through the Community Councils 
and otherwise that quotas be assigned to each Council and, if 
necessary, that a field manager be employed to visit every 
community and to push the campaign to a rapid conclusion. 

5. That the press, the schools, the pulpit and all other 
public functionaries, are earnestly requested to assist in the 
promotion of this campaign. 

6. That, as far as practicable and at the earliest mo- 
ment the other requests of the Commissioner’s, relating to the 
rolls of the men in service, the casualty list and other par- 
ticulars, will be obtained and put into permanent form and 
filed for preservation for all time in the archives of the Court. 


ANOTHER SUMMONS TO DUTY. 

Thus it will be seen that the work of the County and 
Community Councils is not finished. We were drafted for the 
war and have not yet been discharged. Having sent our 
brave boys to war, having stood behind them and “backed 
them up” the best we could, it is now up to us, the County* 
and Community Councils, and to all the people, to manifest 
our appreciation of their services and sacrifices for us, by 
placing upon the grounds of the County Capitol a memorial to 
their patriotism and a testimonial of our gratitude. 

We say to one and all, open your hearts, loosen your 
purse strings and act promptly in making your contribution 
for this sacred purpose when your name is called. 

Remember! No contributoins to the Monument fund will 
be asked on July 4th. We will just talk about it and other- 
wise enjoy ourselves with the Soldier boys. 


WE MUST BUILD THE MONUMENT!! 


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A large spreading Live Oak, on the east bank of the Leon River, a 
quarter of a mile east of the corporate limits of Belton, and 300 yards be- 
low the bridge on the Belton and Temple pike. In April or May, 1850, the 
first county election ever held in Bell county occurred under the shade of 
this old tree ^ which still stands out there in all of its majesty. 






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BELL COUNTY’S CHARTER OAK. 


CONTENTS 


Page No. 


Dedication 2 

Defense Council System — Origin and Development 3 

Council of National Defense. ; . 3 

State Council of Defense 3 

Texas State Council of Defense 3 

Purposes of County Councils 3 

Bell County Council of Defense 4 

Local Leaders Appointed — Names. 4 

Meetings of County Council 4 

Abstract of Circulars Issued 5 

Circular on Patriotism 5 

SING GANGS for Bell County Community Councils 6 

Campaign Committee — Magazines for Soldiers 6 

Campaign Committee — War Gardens 6 


Associate Members' 

War Industries Committee 

Campaigns 

Woman’s Committee 

•Military 

German Language- and Loyalty 

Legal Advisory Committee for Soldiers. 
Public Health and Sanitation Committee 

Speaker’s Bureau 

Routine Duties 

District Council 


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Community Councils of Defense — Purposes 8 

Community Councils of Defense — Organization 9 

Community Councils of Defense— Roster 9-10 

Community Councils of Defense — Enumeration 12 

Women’s Committees in Community Councils 12 

Food and Feed Production Com. in Community Councils. .. .12 
Public Health and Sanitation Com. in Community Councils.. 13 

Other Committees in Community Councils.' 14 

Public Addresses - 14 

Muster Rolls of -Soldiers, Etc 14 

“Roll of Honor” — Bell County ..14 

Acknowledgements to the County Press 16 

We “Drafted” Everybody and We Thank You 16 

Judge J. F. Carl — an Appreciation 16 

Our Letter Head 16 

Stenographers Thanked 16 

No “FINIS” Yet 16 

Belton’s Fourth of July Home-Coming and Welcome 16 

Community Councils Urged To Come 16 

Resolutions of Commissioner’s Court 17 

Muster Rolls and Monument To Soldiers 17 

Monument Plan Announced 17 

Another Summons To Duty 17 


Illustrations — Bell County Court House, on page preceding 
Title page; Bell County’s Charter Oak on page 18. 



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